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Hello, This is my first compaq laptop I try to repair. The problem is, I can not go into the bios to look for de external cd-rom. When I use a diskette, I never come to the cd-rom drive. The cd rom drive is conected by a pcmcia-card. But when I have the bootcd in it, it will not go to the...

My Presario 6025RSH's mother board bit the dust. I want to leave the other componenets intact and install a new MB. Any recommendations? A generic ATX? Please advice.

I have a Compaq Presario 1200 laptop which works perfectly, but the screen is hard to read because it has one of the older monitors that you have to look at at just the right angle to see. I recently got a broken Presario 1250, which has the newer monitors which can be viewed from any angle....

Hello, I bought Deskpro 200 5166 MMX for a router. Unfortunately it can't boot without keyboard, only show error message and wait for F1. Is there any solution for this problem ? -- Jacek_FH

Anyone know where to obtain the PCI System Management Bus Driver for the Presario 5BW120? Thanks...Jack Melano

Hey everybody, I have a compaq presario R3000 laptop here that is having some trouble. It all began when i downloaded a windows update about 4 weeks ago. Immediately after I downloaded it the computer crashed and never let me back into windows, even in safe mode. So I repaired with the windows OS...

Is your PC running slow? Does your system has malware or unwanted programs? All these same problems i was also facing in old days. But i have spam free computer with fast speed and this would happen only when i have used best registry cleaners from http://www.registrycleanersfreeware.com Check the...

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Hello, I got an old Compaq Presario M2000 from flea market for nothing. It starts, I installed an old Debian on it and it works. The only problem is that the battery is dead. I don't consider buying a new 2941B pack and instead replace it with a power supply.

Hi, I tried to find the CPUs the subject PC would support on the COMPAQ site. They played HIDE better than I played SEEK. Can anyone provide this info or a link to the page where its located? Thank You, in advance, for any help.

Hi, I have a wierd problem .After replacing the battery and harddrive ,When I switch on the battery ,multibay ,h/d and power lights come on for 1 second then go out and the num lock,capslock and scroll lock lights come on and stay on. The fan doesn't come on and there is no activity from the...

does the armada 7400 hard drive jumpers need to be set on cable select or master? cheers J

I already buyed a compaq machine, i have the choice to install windows 2 k pro, or windows xp What is the best shot that i could do? Thanks

Hello everyone, This is my problem: 1. DC power jack broken (this one is pretty explanatory). 2. LCD screen is dark Even at the maximum brightness and contrast the LCD screen is darker compared to other laptops (like my R3000). If you compare the white color of the screen and any white paper –...

Has anyone ever tried to put in a 512 meg module into this laptop. Did it work? I have a 1200XL530

The simple answer is that, if you open the computer case up, the on/ off light can be taken out of the front panel with a simple click (it's constructed to be easily put in or taken out). Once it's out, no more light! Thanks for the other suggestions, even those that were on the facetious...

I am trying to upgrade a HP pavillion a400y. Spec says it can take PC2700 up to 2GB with max of 1GB per slot. Right now i have 256MB installed PC2700 DDR. When i look in the bios it says installed memory 256MB/PC2100, mem bank 1 n/a mem bank 2 250MB/DDR When i add the 1GB DDR PC2700 the memory...

The standard RAM in this machine is 256mb. I am trying to upgrade by adding a 512mb card (specs say it's upgradable to 1GB). I am using an ULTRA DDR Memory (PC2700, 333mHz) which is compatible with PC2100 266mHz). When adding this card to the 2nd slot, the system is not recognizing it. I took...

I have compaq Presario s4000nx I am attempting to install windows 2000 I am unable to locate the video driver (Intel Extreme Graphics) for this PC Nor am I abble to locate the sound card driver can any one assist